Junae grew up in Jamaican household all over the north side of Illinois. She went to Northern Illinois University where she gained a Bachelors of Arts in Broadcast Journalism and Media Studies. Junae loves video games and comic books. Her love for journalism was inspired by various comic book heroes such as Spiderman and Superman. A few other characters such as Iris Allen, Lois Lane, Kent Brockman from Chanel 6 News from The Simpsons and Kermit The Frog were also inspirations. Her favorite thing to read are Mangas. She loves watching Anime and action movies. Junae has been playing video games since she could hold her own bottle. She started with the NES then moved on PlayStation One and now is a gaming junky with all the latest systems. Her top 3 gaming genres are: Action, Fighting and Adventure.

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You can find Junae everywhere. Check out her blog Junaeology, subscription box Curls + Controllers, or book my traveling Gaming Dojo! You can also follow my writing at Girl Gamer Vogue, Game Skinny, and reporting of "This Week in Gaming" episodes for the Black Girl Nerds YouTube channel. 

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PSN: Junae_Guapa
XBL: JunaeBenne
Twitter: @JunaeBenne 
Instagram: JunaeBenne
YouTube: JunaeGuapa
Twitch.TV: JunaeBenne